This light cinnamon buttermilk coffee cake is the best way to say"hello weekend!"
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It's Friday!! And if you're like me, you might be thinking ahead about what's on the menu this weekend. It seems like I spend most Fridays food day dreaming about weekend brunch. Because brunch is my favorite. It's just like breakfast (which is my normal favorite meal of the day), but a little later in the day, and a lot less rushed than weekday breakfasts. #winwin ;)
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That brings us to today's recipe - cinnamon buttermilk coffee cake. I LOVE coffee cake - in fact, I really haven't met a coffee cake I didn't absolutely love at first bite. But alas....most coffee cake recipes are pretty heavy, so it really is more like eating just plain cake for breakfast - which is fine sometimes, but I want coffee cake more than just sometimes.
So I took a really tasty coffee cake recipe from my trusty Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, made a few (more like quite a few) tweaks, and the result was this beautiful, light, and moist coffee cake. One that I'll definitely be making more than just sometimes.... :D
Here's to a great weekend, and happy brunching!
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Cinnamon Buttermilk Coffee Cake
Makes 12 servings
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
Wet Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Streusel Topping:
- 4 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl, whisk together, and set aside.
- Add wet ingredients to a large bowl and whisk well to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet, and whisk just until the batter comes together.
- Pour the batter into a lightly greased 8x8 square baking pan.
- To make the topping, add the streusel ingredients to a small bowl and use a pastry cutter or fork to combine the ingredients into a course mixture. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the batter in the pan.
- Bake the coffee cake for about 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Happy Eating!
~Amber
*Recipe adapted from Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook, Buttermilk Coffee Cake, page 136
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